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The Atlantic Washes Over the iPad
by on September 5, 2010

Famed political affairs magazine The Atlantic is now offering an iPad release of its tree-killer version, for $4.99 an issue on iTunes.

Aside from the usual articles found in the magazine, which almost always serve to simulate thought and discussion, the iPad version looks fantastic, with lots of navigational aids to move around with. You can simply click on the contents page replicated from the magazine version, or hit … Read More

Beautiful News Reader, or Most Beautiful?
by on August 28, 2010

When it comes to news readers, you can hardly get one better looking than this. Flipboard for the iPad presents your social media and news feeds in a beautiful, elegant way.

It makes browsing your Twitter and Facebook feeds seem like you are flipping through an elegant magazine like Esquire.  I especially like the way it presents tweets from your friends, again giving things a magazine feel by putting the quotes … Read More

How Our E-Toys Are Made
by on August 21, 2010

Hi, everyone.

As a new writer here at iPadinCanada.ca, I now run the risk of making my first post a political polemic, but I read this article from the U.K.’s The Independent, and the gears in my head started whirring.

It talks about the struggle of Chinese workers to gain basic human rights and a fairer salary while working at companies like Foxconn, makers of electronic goods such as the iPhone and … Read More